I am not an expert swimmer by any stretch of the imagination. The pinnacle of my prowess was graduating from the Advanced Swim class when I was ten years old. I have command of a few strokes, but I am certainly not like the people who glide beautifully up and down the lanes at the CRP pool and clearly competed in high school, college, or both. However, I started swimming two years ago because of an old orthopedic injury; a labral tear in my hip diagnosed ten years ago. My surgeon recently told me to stop running and start swimming or cycling […]